Terrorism

Hot Preemption
Hoover fellow George P. Shultz, a veteran of World War II and the Cold War, offers a strategy for fighting a new war.

The Liberty Doctrine
The United States tends to win its wars. Here’s how we’ll win this one. By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.

The New New World Order
If we can’t learn better ways of dealing with the outside world even after September 11, then the outside world will once again come to us. By Anne Applebaum.

National Security

Fighting the New War
We’re good at the conventional use of military force, but the next phase in the war on terrorism will require some unconventional uses. Is the Pentagon up to the task? By Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz.

Savage Wars of Peace
Much as we dislike doing so, when necessary we must send our military forces on peacekeeping missions and into regional conflicts. And in the war on terror, it will be necessary. By Max Boot.

Politics

John McCain, Call Your Office
Why McCain-Feingold won’t work. By Hoover fellow Tod Lindberg.

Simon Says
If Bill Simon wants to win the California governor’s race this November, he can start by reading this. By Hoover fellow Bill Whalen.

Race

The Burden of Bad Ideas
Heather Mac Donald on the high price we pay for racial politics.

California and the Content of Our Character*
An initiative on the California ballot this November dares to take race out of politics. Hoover fellow Shelby Steele explains a measure that could prove historic.

Education

The Challenge of Charter Schools
How to jump-start the charter school movement. By Hoover fellow Chester E. Finn Jr.

Mobility and the Achievement Gap
High rates of school mobility help explain the persistent gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover associate director Richard Sousa.

Taxes

Where the Flat Tax Goes from Here
It’s alive and well overseas. Why not here? By Hoover fellow Alvin Rabushka.

Beyond Repair
The present tax system is beyond repair. It is impossibly complex, outrageously expensive, overly intrusive, economically destructive, and manifestly unfair. Hoover overseer W. Kurt Hauser offers a solution—junk it.

Environment

When It’s Not Just Humans Who Are in Trouble
Robert Mugabe, the autocratic president of Zimbabwe, has begun enacting misguided “land reform” policies that would confiscate virtually all of the private property in the country. The program is proving disastrous for the country’s people—and its wildlife. By Hoover fellow Terry L. Anderson.

Regulation

The Biggest Pest
Gene-spliced crops not only increase yields, reduce the need for agricultural chemicals, and make better use of existing farmland but also are a potential boon to public health. Now if someone would just explain this to the EPA. By Hoover fellow Henry I. Miller.

International Relations

Why We Said No
Hoover fellow David Davenport explains why the United States was right not to join the International Criminal Court.

The New Welfare Queens
Are transfers of wealth to Third World governments really an aid to economic development? Hoover fellow Thomas Sowell says no and explains why “foreign aid” is more often foreign hindrance.

Europe

The Continent Gets It
Its poor economic performance in the 1990s has led the European Union to take steps to open its markets. Are the Europeans finally starting to get it? By Hoover fellow Gary S. Becker.

Britain

New Labour— and Old Unions
Are Britain’s unions, pushed into the political wilderness during the Thatcher years, reemerging as a political force? In a word, no. By Hoover fellow Gerald A. Dorfman.

God Save the Queen
Why a thousand-year-old monarchy remains relevant today. A reflection on the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II by one of her subjects, John O’Sullivan.

Japan

The Wages of Complacency
Why Japan appears content with stagnation. By Hoover fellow Charles Wolf Jr.

China

An Uneasy Alliance
Relations between the United States and China have improved since September 11, but the two sides still view each other with a great deal of unease. Hoover fellow H. Lyman Miller on the most powerful nation on earth—and the most populous.

Russia

How to Push Putin
Relations between the United States and China have improved since September 11, but the two sides still view each other with a great deal of unease. Hoover fellow H. Lyman Miller on the most powerful nation on earth—and the most populous.

History and Culture

What’s So Great about America
Former U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick was right: “Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.” By Hoover fellow Dinesh D’Souza.

Eight Years That Shook the World
On the anniversary of two of his great speeches, an appreciation of Ronald Reagan, the “indispensable president.” By Hoover fellow Arnold Beichman.

Archives

To Benefit Mankind
Cissie Dore Hill on the evolution of the Nobel Peace Prize.
SIDEBAR: The Nobel and the Hoover Institution.